Authentic Bolga Woven MARKET BASKET Ghana Africa Rare Pink Color Leather Handle

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Authentic Bolga Woven MARKET BASKET Ghana Africa Rare Pink Color Leather Handle:
$29.00

The Bolga Market Basket. This basket shape started it all.

Use Your Basket:

Market Baskets are perfect for yarn, toys, magazines or anything you want to organize. Keep one in your car to toss items in and they won\'t roll around. Market Baskets also look good hanging, so you may want more than one to show off all the colors and give your place a fun market look!

The Story

Our Bolga Baskets are handcrafted in the historic town of Bolgatanga, Ghana in West Africa. Bolga Baskets are all natural baskets made from thick, tough elephant grass. The elephant grass grows wild and is harvested, dried into straw and then woven by the women of the village. The men primarily tan goat hides and work the leather on the handles. The weavers/leather crafters of the Bolga Baskets are mostly farm families and have been weaving and selling these handcrafted works of art for generations. The purchase of these baskets is helping a farmer in Africa!

The specialized weaving process makes these baskets strong but flexible; they can be reshaped or washed be getting them wet with water and forming them with your hands. Reshaping the basket every now and again will actually add flexibility to the natural fibers and will extend the life of the basket. These beautiful baskets handcrafted by farmers in Ghana are green, sustainable and long lasting.

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